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Motivation for physical activity and exercise in people with Multiple Sclerosis
Tikovská, Iva ; Novotná, Klára (advisor) ; Větrovská, Renata (referee)
1 BACHELOR THESIS ABSTRACT Author: Iva Tikovská Supervisor: Mgr. et Mgr. Klára Novotná, Ph.D. Title: Motivation for physical activity and exercise in people with Multiple Sclerosis Abstract: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is chronic neurodegenerative disease, which affects young adults between the age of 20 and 40 and manifests with various neurological symptoms, depending on localization of the inflammatory damage in CNS. Concerning right management of the disease, in addition to regular pharmacotherapy it is important to observe rules of healthy lifestyle recommended for MS (so called MS Brain Health Initiative). In this study we were evaluating adherence to healthy lifestyle recommendations for MS (level of physical activity, sleep, stress, healthy diet) through questionnaire survey. The data were obtained by online form only. The questionnaires were distributed via Facebook and also with help of patient organisations and MS centre of General University Hospital in Prague and 1st medical faculty of the Charles University. The questionnaires included: General questionnaire of healthy lifestyle as well as Hospital Depression and Anxiety Scale, General Self Efficacy Scale, Social Support Scale, Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale and The Diet Questionnaire. There were 133 MS patients (112 women and 21 men) involved...
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